Which to use
“lacet” is a noun and “lavée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,015
- “lacet” frequency rank
- #36,469
- “lavée” frequency rank
- 65484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lacet | lavée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nœud coulant avec lequel on prend les perdrix, les lièvres, etc. | Féminin singulier de lavé. |
Where the eye mixes lacet and lavée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. lacet (CVCVC) and lavée (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between lacet and lavée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: lacet is \la.sɛ\ while lavée is \la.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lacet is recorded at frequency rank #29,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \la.sɛ\. lavée is at rank #36,469, tagged as anadj, pronounced \la.ve\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65484, this pair ranks #72,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of lacet vs lavée
Shared letters: ael. Private to "lacet": ct. Private to "lavée": vé.
"lacet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "lavée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- lacet ← alcet · laccet · lacett · lacte · laect · lcaet · llacet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lacet" and "lavée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lacet" or "lavée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "lacet" and "lavée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "lacet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "lavée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lacet" and "lavée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lacey vs lavée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #72,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.